Boot-cleaner



(No Model.)

P. A. SUOVEL.

BOOT CLEANER. v No. 342,642. Patented M21725, 86.

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PURLEY A. SCOVEL, OF TERRELL, TEXAS.

BOOT-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,642, dated May 25,1886.

Application filed October 3!, 1885. Serial No. 181,503. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PURLEY A. SoovEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Terrell, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot Cleaners, of whichthe following is aspecification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in boot and shoe scrapers, and hasfor its object the provision of an article which will be simple anddurable in construction, effective in operation, cheap of manufacture,and which can be easily applied to and removed from the door-step orother suitable support; and to these ends the invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved scraper, and Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings, in which likeletters of reference indicatelike parts in both figures, A designates the frame, which consists oftwo side pieces, a a, curved as shown, the lower ends of which areprovided with bent arms B, whereby the scraper is fastened to a doorstepby means ofnails or screws b, the upper ends of said side pieces beingarched or bowed at the top. A crossbar, 0, extends from one side to theother, and is preferably beveled on its upper front edge. Projections DD are formed on the inner edges of the side pieces.

E is a semicircular piece at the top of the arch, and is preferably castin one piece therewith.

It will be seen that my device affords facilities for readily andconveniently scraping all parts of the boot or shoe. The heel is scrapedon the semicircular portion E, located at the top of the arch, the sidesof the sole by the arms 6 e, the upper hollow of the foot by theprojections D D, the toe by the lower side of the arch or how.

The projections D D are adapted to scrape the dirt and mud from the seamformed by the sole and upper, while the cross-bar C, the sole from theheel outward.

If desired, the edges of the scraper may be beveled, to more readilyremove the mud from the shoe.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A boot and shoe scraper comprising a frame, A, having the lower bentends, B, a cross-bar, G, projections D D, formed on the inner adjacentedges of the frame A, and a segment or circular piece, E, arranged atthe upper end of the frame, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PURLEY A. SOOVEL.

WVitnesses:

J. B. 1VIADING, H. L. PARSONS.

